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Test No. 2300

Australia tour of South Africa 2018
2017-18 season
South Africa vs Australia - 3rd Test
22-25 March, 2018 (5-day match)

South Africa led the 4-match series 2-1

Venue : Newlands, Cape Town
Toss : South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : South Africa won by 322 runs


South Africa 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Dean Elgar Not Out
141 
284 
20 
1
49.65 
»
 Aiden Markram c Smith b Hazlewood
0 
11 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Hashim Amla c Cummins b Hazlewood
31 
87 
3 
0
35.63 
»
 AB de Villiers c Warner b Cummins
64 
95 
10 
0
67.37 
»
 Faf du Plessis c Smith b Cummins
5 
14 
1 
0
35.71 
»
 Temba Bavuma c Smith b Cummins
1 
12 
0 
0
8.33 
»
 Quinton de Kock c Paine b Cummins
3 
11 
0 
0
27.27 
»
 Vernon Philander c Paine b MR Marsh
8 
23 
1 
0
34.78 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Bancroft b Starc
3 
7 
0 
0
42.86 
»
 Kagiso Rabada c Smith b Lyon
22 
42 
3 
0
52.38 
»
 Morne Morkel c Smith b Lyon
4 
4 
1 
0
100.00 
Extras B 13, LB 11, W 2, N 3
29
Total : (all out in 97.5 overs)
311
 RR : 3.18

Fall of wickets : 1-6 (AK Markram, 3.5 ov), 2-92 (HM Amla, 32.4 ov), 3-220 (AB de Villiers, 62.5 ov), 4-234 (F du Plessis, 66.6 ov), 5-236 (T Bavuma, 70.3 ov), 6-242 (Q de Kock, 74.6 ov), 7-254 (VD Philander, 82.3 ov), 8-257 (KA Maharaj, 83.5 ov), 9-307 (K Rabada, 97.1 ov), 10-311 (M Morkel, 97.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
21
3 
81 
1
3.86
2
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
23
4 
59 
2
2.57
0
0
»
 Nathan Lyon
19
 .5
6 
43 
2
2.17
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
26
6 
78 
4
3.00
0
1
»
 Mitchell Marsh
7
2 
26 
1
3.71
1
1
»
 Steven Smith
1
1 
0 
0
0.00
0
0

Australia 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft lbw b Philander
77 
103 
14 
0
74.76 
»
 David Warner b Rabada
30 
14 
5 
1
214.29 
»
 Usman Khawaja c Rabada b Morkel
5 
22 
0 
0
22.73 
»
 Steven Smith c Elgar b Morkel
5 
18 
1 
0
27.78 
»
 Shaun Marsh c de Kock b Morkel
26 
63 
3 
0
41.27 
»
 Mitchell Marsh c de Kock b Philander
5 
22 
1 
0
22.73 
»
 Tim Paine Not Out
34 
84 
3 
0
40.48 
»
 Pat Cummins c de Villiers b Rabada
4 
40 
0 
0
10.00 
»
 Mitchell Starc c de Villiers b Rabada
2 
5 
0 
0
40.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon c Elgar b Morkel
47 
38 
8 
0
123.68 
»
 Josh Hazlewood c Amla b Rabada
10 
14 
2 
0
71.43 
Extras B 1, LB 5, N 4
10
Total : (all out in 69.5 overs)
255
 RR : 3.65

Fall of wickets : 1-43 (DA Warner, 5.2 ov), 2-61 (UT Khawaja, 10.3 ov), 3-72 (SPD Smith, 14.4 ov), 4-150 (SE Marsh, 34.3 ov), 5-150 (CT Bancroft, 37.4 ov), 6-156 (MR Marsh, 41.1 ov), 7-173 (PJ Cummins, 50.3 ov), 8-175 (MA Starc, 52.2 ov), 9-241 (NM Lyon, 64.1 ov), 10-255 (JR Hazlewood, 69.5 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Vernon Philander
15
5 
26 
2
1.73
1
0
»
 Kagiso Rabada
20
 .5
1 
91 
4
4.37
3
0
»
 Morne Morkel
21
7 
87 
4
4.14
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
12
3 
35 
0
2.92
0
0
»
 Temba Bavuma
1
0 
10 
0
10.00
0
0

South Africa 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Aiden Markram c Cummins b Starc
84 
145 
10 
2
57.93 
»
 Dean Elgar c Smith b Cummins
14 
23 
2 
0
60.87 
»
 Hashim Amla c Bancroft b Cummins
31 
80 
5 
0
38.75 
»
 AB de Villiers c SE Marsh b Hazlewood
63 
136 
7 
1
46.32 
»
 Faf du Plessis lbw b Lyon
20 
44 
3 
0
45.45 
»
 Temba Bavuma c sub b Hazlewood
5 
4 
1 
0
125.00 
»
 Quinton de Kock c Paine b Cummins
65 
97 
8 
1
67.01 
»
 Vernon Philander Not Out
52 
79 
6 
1
65.82 
»
 Kagiso Rabada st Paine b Lyon
20 
46 
3 
0
43.48 
»
 Keshav Maharaj c Cummins b Lyon
5 
14 
1 
0
35.71 
»
 Morne Morkel c Khawaja b Hazlewood
6 
7 
0 
1
85.71 
Extras B 4, LB 1, W 1, N 2
8
Total : (all out in 112.2 overs)
373
 RR : 3.32

Fall of wickets : 1-28 (D Elgar, 9.1 ov), 2-104 (HM Amla, 33.5 ov), 3-151 (AK Markram, 47.4 ov), 4-196 (F du Plessis, 60.2 ov), 5-201 (T Bavuma, 61.1 ov), 6-269 (AB de Villiers, 82.6 ov), 7-324 (Q de Kock, 94.1 ov), 8-354 (K Rabada, 105.4 ov), 9-362 (KA Maharaj, 109.6 ov), 10-373 (M Morkel, 112.2 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Mitchell Starc
23
5 
98 
1
4.26
1
0
»
 Josh Hazlewood
25
 .2
5 
69 
3
2.72
0
0
»
 Pat Cummins
27
5 
67 
3
2.48
0
2
»
 Nathan Lyon
31
2 
102 
3
3.29
0
0
»
 Steven Smith
1
0 
6 
0
6.00
0
0
»
 Mitchell Marsh
5
0 
26 
0
5.20
0
0

Australia 2nd Innings
(Target: 430 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Cameron Bancroft run out
26 
64 
3 
0
40.63 
»
 David Warner c de Villiers b Rabada
32 
67 
4 
0
47.76 
»
 Usman Khawaja c de Villiers b Maharaj
1 
9 
0 
0
11.11 
»
 Steven Smith c Elgar b Morkel
7 
21 
0 
1
33.33 
»
 Shaun Marsh c Markram b Maharaj
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mitchell Marsh c de Villiers b Morkel
16 
28 
3 
0
57.14 
»
 Tim Paine Not Out
9 
27 
2 
0
33.33 
»
 Pat Cummins c Elgar b Morkel
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Mitchell Starc c Markram b Morkel
7 
14 
1 
0
50.00 
»
 Nathan Lyon run out
0 
0 
0 
0
- 
»
 Josh Hazlewood c Philander b Morkel
5 
6 
1 
0
83.33 
Extras B 4
4
Total : (all out in 39.4 overs)
107
 RR : 2.70

Fall of wickets : 1-57 (CT Bancroft, 20.1 ov), 2-59 (DA Warner, 23.1 ov), 3-59 (UT Khawaja, 24.1 ov), 4-59 (SE Marsh, 24.2 ov), 5-75 (SPD Smith, 29.3 ov), 6-86 (MR Marsh, 33.1 ov), 7-86 (PJ Cummins, 33.2 ov), 8-94 (MA Starc, 35.6 ov), 9-94 (NM Lyon, 36.5 ov), 10-107 (JR Hazlewood, 39.4 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Kagiso Rabada
12
6 
31 
1
2.58
0
0
»
 Vernon Philander
6
2 
17 
0
2.83
0
0
»
 Morne Morkel
9
 .4
3 
23 
5
2.38
0
0
»
 Keshav Maharaj
12
2 
32 
2
2.67
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: Morne Morkel (South Africa)
Umpires : Richard Illingworth (England) and Nigel Llong (England)
Third Umpire: Ian Gould (England)
Referee : Andy Pycroft (Zimbabwe)
Reserve Umpire: Allahudien Paleker (South Africa)
Close of Play
Day 1 : 22 Mar - South Africa 1st innings 266/8 (D Elgar 121*, K Rabada 6*, 87 ov)
Day 2 : 23 Mar - Australia 1st innings 245/9 (TD Paine 33*, JR Hazlewood 1*, 67 ov)
Day 3 : 24 Mar - South Africa 2nd innings 238/5 (AB de Villiers 51*, Q de Kock 29*, 72 ov)
Day 4 : 25 Mar - Australia 2nd innings 107 (TD Paine 9*, 39.4 ov) - end of match

Teams:
South Africa AB de Villiers, Aiden Markram, Dean Elgar, Faf du Plessis (Capt.), Hashim Amla, Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Morne Morkel, Quinton de Kock (wk), Temba Bavuma, Vernon Philander
Australia Cameron Bancroft, David Warner, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell Marsh, Mitchell Starc, Nathan Lyon, Pat Cummins, Shaun Marsh, Steven Smith (Capt.), Tim Paine (wk), Usman Khawaja
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